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name on SHIPPING BOX. APPLIUATIOH FILED APR. 28, 1900.

' Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

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J. T. PBRRBS.

. PAOKING'OB. SHIPPING BOX.

APILIOATIOK TILED APB.2B,1909.

Patented NOV.8, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PAT OFFIC JEFFREY '1. FEBRES, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR TO THE SEFTON MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ACOBPORATIQN OF INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 8, 1910.

Application filed April 28, 1909. Serial No. 492,654.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFREY T. Fnnnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anderson, Madison county, Indiana, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Packing or Shipping Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to what are generally known as packing or shippingboxes made of paper board and intended for the packaging and shipment ofarticles or goods.

The object of my invention is to provide such a box with means wherebyfraglle articles, such as glassware, crockery, tungsten lamps, etc., maybe safely packaged and transmitted without danger of breakage or injury.

Speaking in general terms, my invention consists in providing between te body of the box and the article or goods a buffer or series of buffersof novel construction and arrangement and preferably made of the samematerial as the box itself, that is what is generally known as doublefaced corruing the same from being transmitted to the article orarticles contained therewithin and thereby serving as an efiicientprotection against injury or breakage.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which the'bodyof the box is formed; Fig. 2 a plan view of a blank from which one ofthe sets of buffers is formed; Fig. 3 a similar view of one of the othersets of buffers; Fig. 4 a perspective view illustrating the preliminaryfolding or bending of the scored blank of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 a plan view ofa blank for an open-ended interior shell which may, if desired, beemployed; Fig. 6 a perspective of the box proper formed from the blankshown in Fig. 1 but on a larger scale; Fig. 7 a perspective of saidinterior shell formed from the character of blank illustrated in Fig. 5but on a larger scale; Fig. 8 a perspective of two similar buflers madefrom blanks of the character illustrated in Fig. 2; Fig. 9 a per- 11 ahorizontal section of such complete box; Fig. 12 a vertical sectionthereof; and Figs. 13 and 14 detail view's showing modified arrangementsof one of the corner buffers.

Referring to the present embodiment of my invention, the material whichI prefer to use throughout the box including the box proper, interiorshell and buffers, is what is known as double-faced corrugated board,the same giving the requisite strength to the box structure and alsoafi'ording suflicient resiliency with respect to the for convenience Iwill hereina er refer to as buflers. Moreover, inasmuch as my inventionrelates to the said buflt'ers, the particular construction of box properis immaterial so long as it is such as to properly cooperate with suchbufi'ers.

Referring to the particular construction shown in the drawings, the boxproper is made from a blank properly cut and scored so as to form foursimilar side walls 1 and opposite end flaps or extensions 2, theoutermost end walls being brought and hinged together in suitable manneras by means of the tape 3, resulting in the box body illustrated in Fig.6, it being understood that the end flaps or extensions formin the topand bottom of the box are folded mwardly and preferably sealed inclosing the box. By preference I employ an interior openended shell fordirectl containing the articles to be package such shell being similarside walls 4, the outermost ones of which are hinged together insuitable manner as by means of the tape 5, thereby forming the completeshell illustrated in perspective view in Fi 7 In the shipment of manyfragile artic es it is sometimes preferable that this inner shell 4 beconstructed with a bottom or with bottom and top or the same may be madeand sealed in the same manner as the outer box, as will be obvious.Moreover, if desired, such shell may be provided at either or both topand bottom with a loose cover of paper board.

The bufl'ers forming the principal feature of my invention areinterposed between the four corners of the shell and the corners of thebox bod asillustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. These ufiers are similar inconstruction, each being made from a single piece arts which or blank ofdouble-faced corrugated-pa er board which is scored or creased as i1ustrated in Fig. 3. As shown in said latter figure, the blank is creasedso as to form'a series of these parallel strips 6 in the intermediateportion of such blank and two end stri s 7 which are here shown asslightly wid r than the strips 6. In ractice the strips 6 are reverselybent or folded upon each other in the general manner indicated in Fig. 4and are finally brought to their proper or folded condition illustratedin Fig. 9, which shows a completed corner buffer in the form andcondition which it occupies when in actual use. These corner buffers areplaced in the four inner corners of the box proper and the shell 4 isplaced in osition with its corners fitting snugly in t e right-angleformed by the two innermost stripiis 6 of the buffer as clearlyindicated in ig. 9. The pair of strips 6 on each side of these twoinnermost strips are resilient, that is have spring action, and tend tocushion or resist any blow or jar from the outside. The outermost stri 7of each corner buffer rests flat against t e adjacent side walls 1 ofthe body of the box, their outer free edges meeting at the inner corneritself of such box. In this manner and by these means the shell 4 isheld in its central position within the body of the box with a yieldingpressure imparted to it at its four corners, each buffer being capableof yielding movement to some extent in several directions, therebyafi'ording cushions for the article or articles contained within thebox. Moreover the particular construction shown rovides for an intimatebearing between eac corner buffer and the corner of the shell 4, thesame furthermore mutuall supportin each other. It is not essential thatthe b ank of the corner folds be scored in the manner indicated in Fig.3, for, as shown in Fig. 13, the narrower strips 8 may be formed at theopposite ends of the blank with the wider strips 9 formed at theintermediate ortion thereof. In this form of corner bu er the outer orend edges thereof will be positioned adjacent a corner of the shell 4 asshown'in Fig. 13 instead of the corner of the body of the box as in Fi9, but the action of the two kinds of bu ers remain substantially thesame. Moreover, if desired, the corner buffers may be made with a lessnumber of sections as shown in Fig. 14, although the other constructionsare preferred. According to said modification'of Fig. 14, each cor nerbufi'er comprises strips 10 bearing against the side walls of the boxand resilient strips 11 hinged thereto and bearing against the inner sell 4.

In addition to the corner buffers, buffers may be employed at the topand bottom of the box, there being a pair of such-buffers herein shownat the bottom of the box and a similar pair at the top of the box. Eachof these four end buffers is made from a blank as shown in Fig. 2 whichis suitabl creased or scored so as to be bent or folde into the formillustrated in Figs. 8, 10 and 12, these k latter bufi'ers serving tocushion the contents of the box from blows or shocks against the ends ofthe box so that the same will not be communicated to such contents tocause injury or breakage. As shown the blank is creased to form themiddle strip 12, similar narrow strips 13 in two pairs, and the end stris 14 the blank being folded 1nt o flattens tube form (Fi 8) with the strs 13 infolded at the sides to provide resi lent actlon.

By preference the end flaps or extensions of the box are closed andsealed so as to make the box practically air-tight and likewise theinterlor construction, particularly the buffers, are made close fit sothat they may have a pneumatic action or function in ad ition to theirresilient action, with the result that a blow or jar may be cushioned aswell by the air contained within a buffer as by the resilient actionitself of the buffer or bufl'ers.

By means of a box constructed as above described, the most fragilearticles, for example tungsten lamps, may be transported safely andwithout danger from injury or breakage, which has heretofore been aserious problem in the shipment of said articles which are of the mostfragile character.

I ckim: k1 b 1. pac 'ng' or shipping ox com risin a box body and cornerbuflers therei h 88.0% formed from a strip of corrugated paper boardfolded transversely of the corrugations to form portions fitting theinner corners of the box and presenting toward the goods within the boxrentrant other portions having resilient action.

2. A packing or shippin box comprising a box body and corner buerstherein each formed from a strip of double-faced corrugated boardtransversely folded with the different portions at angles to each other,

. one pair of such portions fitting against the box at a corner, anotherair thereof being presented toward the goo s within the box, and twosimilar pairs being arranged between the other two pairs to provideresilient action.

3. A packing or shippin box com risin a box body, a shell therev ithinof l zess di mensions than the box body, and buffers arranged betweenthe corners of the box'body and the shell, each composed of a stri ofsuitable material transversely folded to form portions resilientlyhinged to each other and comprising portions fitting the inner cornersof the box body and other ortions fitting the outer corners of the she4.. A packing or ship in box com rising a box body, a shell thdiei ithinof less dimensions than the box body, and buffers arranged between thecorners of the box body and the shell, each composed of a strip ofcorrugated paper board transversely folded to form portions resilientlyhinged to each other and comprising portions fitting the inner cornersof the box body and other portions fitting the outer corners of theshell.

5. A packing or shipping box comprising a box body, a shell therewithinof less dimensions than the box body, and buffers arranged between thecorners of the box body and the shell, each composed of a strip ofdouble-faced corrugated paper board transversely folded with thedifferent portions at V angles to each other, one pair thereof fittingagainst the inner corner of the box body, another pair against theadjacent outer corner of the shell and two pairs there of arrangedintermediate the other pairs to provide resilient action.

6. A packing or shi in box com risin a box body, a shell tl i rev ithinof l dss di mensions than the box body, and buffers arranged between thecorners of the box body and the shell, each composed of a strip ofdouble-faced corrugated paper board transversely folded with thedifferent portions at angles to each other, the middle pair thereoffitting against the inner corner of the box body, the outermost pairthereof against the adjacent outer corner of the shell, and theintermediate two pairs being inwardly folded to provide resilientaction.

7. A packing or shipping box comprising a box body, a shell therewithinof less dimensions than the box body, and buffers arranged between thecorners of the box body and the shell, each composed of a stri ofsuitable material transversely folded to orm portions resiliently hingedto each other and fitting the inner corners of thebox body and the outercorners of the shell, and end buffers arranged between the top andbottom of the shell and the box body, each of which is composed of astrip of double-faced corrugated paper board flattened tube with opposite sides folded inwardly to provide resilient action.

JEFFREY T. FERRES.

Witnesses:

D. H. DURBIN, M. L. VINNEDGE.

